VOL. I · OCT. 19, 2026 ● NO. 07 ● THREE DESKS · ONE BEAT
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The Law & Liberty Desk
Free speech, sex-work law and LGBTQ+ rights — three desks tracking the rulings, bills and fights that decide who may speak, work and love, state by state.
THE NORTH STAR · FIRST AMENDMENT
Federal Judge Strikes Down Texas Drag Ban for the Second Time
A Houston federal judge again held that Texas Senate Bill 12 is overbroad and unconstitutional, finding the drag-performance restrictions sweep in ordinary protected expression.
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THE WHITE ROSE · FOSTA-SESTA
Ninth Circuit Reads FOSTA's Section 230 Carve-Out Narrowly
In Doe v. WebGroup Czech Republic, the operator of a major adult tube site kept its Section 230 shield because FOSTA demands proof of knowing participation in trafficking, not mere awareness.
THE NORTH STAR · PROTEST RIGHTS
Dissenting Judges Urge Supreme Court to Shield Protest Leaders
After the Fifth Circuit let a negligence suit against activist DeRay Mckesson proceed, six dissenting judges pressed the Supreme Court to decide whether the First Amendment bars such protest-leader liability.
THE WHITE ROSE · AGE VERIFICATION
Supreme Court Lets Texas Enforce App-Store Age Checks
SB 2420 pushes age verification down to the app-store layer. After a trial court struck it, the Fifth Circuit revived it and the Supreme Court declined to intervene.
MILK · SPORTS
Supreme Court Upholds State Bans on Transgender Athletes in Girls' Sports
In consolidated rulings, the justices held that states may set eligibility for women's and girls' athletics based on biological sex.
On the Docket
TX
Federal Judge Strikes Down Texas Drag Ban for the Second Time
US
Ninth Circuit Reads FOSTA's Section 230 Carve-Out Narrowly
CA5
Dissenting Judges Urge Supreme Court to Shield Protest Leaders
WV
Supreme Court Upholds State Bans on Transgender Athletes in Girls' Sports
NY
New York Bill Would Decriminalize Consensual Sex Work
OH
Ohio's Top Court Denies Parental Rights to Unmarried Same-Sex Mother
From the Wire
5/12
New York Bill Would Decriminalize Consensual Sex Work
4/28
Ohio's Top Court Denies Parental Rights to Unmarried Same-Sex Mother
4/15
Federal Regulators Move to Curb the De-Banking of Adult Creators
3/31
Supreme Court Casts Doubt on Colorado's Conversion-Therapy Ban
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Free Speech & the First Amendment
The North Star
“Right is of no Sex — Truth is of no Color.”
After Frederick Douglass, 1847
Federal Judge Strikes Down Texas Drag Ban for the Second Time
S.D. Tex. · Aug. 25, 2026
Dissenting Judges Urge Supreme Court to Shield Protest Leaders
5th Cir. · Aug. 1, 2026
Court Blocks Trump Order Cutting Funding to NPR and PBS
D.D.C. · Mar. 31, 2026
Sex Work, Speech & the Body
The White Rose
“We will not be silent.”
Wir schweigen nicht — after Sophie Scholl
Ninth Circuit Reads FOSTA's Section 230 Carve-Out Narrowly
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Aug. 18, 2026
Supreme Court Lets Texas Enforce App-Store Age Checks
Texas / Fifth Circuit / U.S. Supreme Court · Jul. 6, 2026
New York Bill Would Decriminalize Consensual Sex Work
New York State · May 12, 2026
LGBTQ+ Rights & the States
Milk
“You gotta give ’em hope.”
After Harvey Milk, 1977
Supreme Court Upholds State Bans on Transgender Athletes in Girls' Sports
United States (Supreme Court); Idaho and West Virginia · Jun. 30, 2026
Ohio's Top Court Denies Parental Rights to Unmarried Same-Sex Mother
Ohio · Apr. 28, 2026
Supreme Court Casts Doubt on Colorado's Conversion-Therapy Ban
United States (Supreme Court); Colorado · Mar. 31, 2026
Special Report
Understanding FOSTA/SESTA
A guide to the 2018 laws that rewrote Section 230: what they changed, who voted for them, what happened next, and where the court challenges stand.
Overview · Timeline · Key Figures · Impact · Legal Challenges · Resources
388–25
House vote
97–2
Senate vote
Apr. 11, 2018
Signed into law
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